Education Committee

Supporting Education. Elevating Building Safety.

Our Mission

Provide and coordinate education opportunities for building officials, code professionals, and industry partners.

Education Committee Overview

The education Committee is a standing committee of the Washington Association of Building Officials (WABO) tasked with assisting the board in providing education for code professionals, design professionals, and industry partners. The committee’s goal is to provide continuing education to foster professional development through exposure to emerging technologies, providing code update training, and discipline specific training. The committee is responsible for obtaining feedback from the membership and stakeholders to identify desired topics for continuing education.

Education Committee Work Plan

Coordinate the Annual Education Institute by determining class subjects and recommend instructors
Coordinate WABO training seminars by determining class subjects and recommend instructors
Coordinate cooperative professional development initiatives with industry organizations; community colleges; vocational-technical schools, and related stakeholders.
Coordinate collaboration between WABO and ICC chapters regarding professional development activities (e.g. code updates, code reformatting, metric conversion, ICC seminar sponsorship.)
Coordinate development of training initiatives (e.g. “road shows”, webinars etc.)
Distribute or announce professional development opportunities clearing house service (e.g. event calendars, registration announcements, etc.)
Explore and evaluate professional development programs for industry organizations (e.g. design professionals, builders, contractors, subcontractors, etc.)

Why You Should Volunteer With This Committee

We tell our children education is very important – and that same thought applies to our industry as well. The WABO Education Committee helps to orchestrate some of our areas most premiere continuing education opportunities for Building and Life Safety. We meet at every WABO quarterly meeting. Primarily, our committee is responsible for helping guide the WABO office in putting together a schedule of classes and presentations for our Annual Education Institute (AEI) as well as Seminars. We will discuss the educational needs that are relevant and pertinent for our state and match that up with the proper/best presenters and trainers for that subject. Besides local experts we will bring in the best in the industry from nationally-recognized organizations such as – ICC, NFPA, NEMA, etc. We listen to our peers via the surveys/course evaluations they leave for us after every Annual Education Institute, this helps inform us of what actions to take to always get better and make better decisions regarding class topics, presenters, location, thoroughness. By joining the Education Committee you will be part of this highly important group that keeps our industry and its people at their best. We not only seek people that are engaged and value the process of continued education, but we also need people who have the desire and commitment to reach out to their peers, customers and facilitators to always be on the front edge of new topics and trends that provide great training opportunities.